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    What to do if I can't clean my coop for 3 months?

    I'm curious to learn what u do and how it works for you. I use pdz and I'm very happy with it. I sprinkle 4-5" of wood chips over it ( some times straw). I also feed wet feed and I think that helps by making the chicken poop dryer....although that makes no sense to me it works. I had the same...
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    Oh I want some of those!
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    Thank you so much
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    Thank you!
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    I have used them in bone broth. The broth is good but the feet are a little creepy looking, lol
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    chickens and Coco Coir

    I just found a block that I bought years ago for lasagna gardening. We put it in the run and chopped it up into small pieces and covered it with fallen leaves. We will probably get 2 or 3 bales of straw to throw in also. If and when I have food scraps they will be thrown in, too.
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    Are you ready for winter? Not me, again....

    I didn't take it as being preachy. I do understand....I was very sick for longer than most people I've talked to. My husband had the vaccine.. but I'm as certain as I can be that he gave the virus to me. I did stay at home most of the time and wore a mask when I went out. I had actually been put...
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    Are you ready for winter? Not me, again....

    Hi gtaus, I feel like I have been gone from here forever. I basically do not free range any longer. Most of the past issues were foxes. Some of these chickens do fly the coop, tho. But the hawk was in the run chewing on Elvis. I have been thinking of different things I might do. Bird netting...
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    Are you ready for winter? Not me, again....

    I haven't done very well keeping up with anything over the summer. August 12 I fell (feeding the chickens) and broke my elbow. My local hospital would not do the needed surgery and I had to cross the mountain to UVA hospital. Then I tested positive for covid before they could do the surgery. I...
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    Easter Egger club!

    Well, of my three EE pullets I think one is actually a pullet, lol. So the BYC experts were right...I love this site! The other two have red combs and definitely roo tail feathers developing. I plan to give the roosters away so I have a question. Is it possible that their (the roosters)...
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    Hi I am new!

    Welcome, you will like it here......sounds like you have plenty to keep you busy!
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    This is why I don't keep chickens primarily for eggs

    I remember walking with my grandmother when she fed her chickens. I love watching them even tho I seldom pick them up. If I have extra eggs I give them away. I'm still trying to rebuild my flock and I laugh every time I get new pullets because some of them almost always turn out to be roosters...
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    New to BYC

    Welcome, have fun with your new chickens!!
  14. vpatt

    A Roofing chicken

    Give her some eggs to hatch if you don't mind having chicks
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    I'm a new member... Hi!

    Welcome, this is a great site!!
  16. vpatt

    LGD issues

    The only dog I ever had with my chickens was great. She was a Great Dane. She seemed to like the chickens and they liked her. She ran free with them as they free ranged. She was not trained, but the predators stayed away. When she died the foxes devastated the flock. Now I have a half red tick...
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    My First EGGS!!!

    Yippee!! It's so much fun to find those first eggs. I do not wash my eggs. When we ate more eggs I would keep them on the counter, now I put them in the fridge. If you don't sell or give away your eggs there is a thread here with recipes to help use them up.
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    Bear Flipped over coop

    Actually, my county said to use ammonia as a deterrent, but it only works for a short time if at all. I'm not sure if they still relocate. Bears come into many small cities and towns here....as well as out here in the county. We are bordering national forest so it's inevitable, I guess. I...
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    Composting chicken run

    I've been slacking off on the compost making.....But we have increased the size of one run and made a smaller run for Daphne and her chicks.
  20. vpatt

    All about my new chickens!

    Welcome, sounds like you are off to a good start!
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